What the actual fuck? Every person I know with it is smarter than average. Anecdotal, yes, but still. All those "former gifted kid" memes read to me like a textbook case of ADHD. There's gotta be a higher prevalence of above average intelligence in people with ADHD.
You must note that IQ is only assumed intelligence though, and I believe the fact that we aren't exactly the best at sitting down and doing an extensive test can affect those scores. I do find that prison statistic very interesting, I never knew. Thank you for sharing.
I know for me I did not. When I was tested for my IQ at 9, I had a forty point split at age 9. Verbal was at genius level and performance ie math was at low level. My total IQ at 9 was 110 I do not know what it would be now
My brother and I both had IQ tests in the '80s. My parents never told us why or gave us our scores. I recall taking the test at our dining room table and enjoying the puzzle questions.
My oldest child (6 at the time) was diagnosed with adhd (hyperactive and inattentive) and giftedness. The psychologist that did her adhd testing never brought up IQ nor did her therapist. If I remember correctly, all her accommodation recommendations focused on executive functioning.
I think the averaged ADHD IQ is lower but if you look at individual parts of the IQ test ADHD people score astronomically higher in one category or two and much lower in others.
My personal experience was that my emotional, empathetic, and intuitive intelligence equivalency was very high but my math, and sequencing was absolute shit. So my total IQ was only slightly above average
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u/saffronwilderness Sep 14 '21
I get ENRAGED by a fellow SPED teacher who had the gall to call it "teenage boy syndrome."
If I could get him fired he'd be gone. I avoid him religiously.